SN 1.23 A Tangle

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SN 1.23 - A Tangle
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Linked Discourses 1.23
3. A Sword
A Tangle
“Tangled within, tangled without:
these people are tangled in tangles.
I ask you this, Gotama:
who can untangle this tangle?”
“A wise person grounded in ethics,
developing the mind and wisdom,
a keen and alert mendicant—
they can untangle this tangle.
Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance
have faded away;
the perfected ones with defilements ended—
they have untangled the tangle.
And where name and form
cease with no residue left behind;
and impingement and perception of form:
it’s here this tangle is cut.”